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Paul Randal ( blog | twitter ) started a new meme last night with his blog post " What 5 things should SQL Server get rid of? " A few bloggers have posted their top 5 lists, so here is mine. Creating Foreign Keys without mentioning Indexes This Read More...

Two weeks ago Paul Randal started a chain blog series on What three events brought you here? He tagged Brent Ozar, who in turn tagged me in his post You may ask yourself, How did I get here? So here’s my own take on this topic. Event #1: Read More...

I got tagged in another SQL Quiz going around, this time by Mr. Denny ( Blog / Twitter ). I tried to come up with some kind of witty title for this post and as usual I lacked the ability. My wife recommended using a story like the guy on The Read More...

It happened again, only this time Tim Ford is the antagonist initiator, instead of Chris Shaw. Once again a chain blog question is circulating around the SQL Server community. This time I was tagged by Jeremiah Peschka . I have Read More...

While I was gone, I was tagged by a number of the chain Quizes that have been going around the SQL Server Community, so I am working to answer each of them as I get around to it. Aaron Alton tagged me for this one, and it is actually one that I Read More...

Lately there have been a series of SQL Quizes that have circulated the blogging community. Some of them are silly, like the Wordle one , and some have a purpose behind them, like the two greatest mistakes one . I decided that since my nature Read More...

Ok so I made a mistake last time around, and I actually was tagged by Kendal Van Dyke , though I missed it back in November. So in the spirit of the exercise here are my two biggest blunders in SQL Server based on the Two mistakes post started by Read More...